re: Longtime Arizona High School Baseball Coach Fired. Thanks, Parents of Millenials

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I bet ol boys team was losing. You dont run off a coach for something trivial like that if he is winning.


unless maybe he was a white guy in a black school that wanted a black coach

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A closer look at 'All-White-tukee'

Desert Vista is in the Ahwatukee Foothills neighborhood of Phoenix, which is isolated by design: It is almost fully surrounded by South Mountain Park and Gila River Reservation, earning it the nickname as “The World's Largest Cul-de-Sac."

For years, many who are familiar with the area have also called the neighborhood "All-White-tukee."

In the school's ZIP code, 85048, more than 80 percent of residents are White, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

It's also an affluent area. The median household income was $95,628 in 2014, according to federal statistics. By comparison, the national median was $53,482.

As a result, the school has a larger White student population than many comparable Phoenix high schools, at 66 percent White, 13 percent Hispanic, 10 percent Asian and 7 percent Black, according to U.S. News & World Report.

By comparison, nearby Mountain Pointe High School is 46 percent White, 27 percent Hispanic, 16 percent Black and 5 percent Asian. Central High School in midtown Phoenix is 8 percent White, 67 percent Hispanic, 10 percent Black and 6 percent Asian.

Many students are the children of athletes, lawyers, engineers and professors. For years, the school's parking lot has been filled with Mercedes-Benzes and Range Rovers. Parents are known to be highly involved in students' academic and athletic lives.

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Stan Luketich has been a longtime high school baseball coach who has also been involved in baseball in Europe. Luketich coached Phoenix Moon Valley High School to a Arizona state title in 1989 then guided Desert Vista High School to state titles in 1999 and 2001. He was inducted into the Arizona Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007.

In Europe, Luketich managed the Czech national team (1995 and 1999 European Championship) and the Belgian national team (2003 European Championship) and coached for the Spanish national team (2007 European Championship). He has conducted numerous baseball clinics in Europe.

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In 2016, six female students, dressed for their senior panoramic photo, grouped together to spell a racial slur (N-I-*-*-E-R) using letters from another message (BEST*YOU'VE*EVER*SEEN*CLASS*OF*2016). The school received significant backlash and two of the students involved were reported to have lost their athletic scholarships.[17] On January 25, some members of the East Valley NAACP protested outside the school.[18]

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quote: In 2016, six female students, dressed for their senior panoramic photo, grouped together to spell a racial slur (N-I-*-*-E-R) .[18]

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